US 12,108,172 B2
Vehicle control system using imaging device capable of object detection
Kei Nakagawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/760,189
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/001100
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/161712, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-023295 (JP), filed on Feb. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0073748 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 25/57 (2023.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/12 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/57 (2023.01) [H04N 7/18 (2013.01); H04N 23/12 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device, comprising:
a pixel array part comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels comprises a plurality of photodiodes; and
circuitry configured to:
acquire captured image information based on of a pixel signal output from each pixel of the pixel array part; and
acquire object recognition information based on the pixel signal output from each pixel of the pixel array part, wherein
the plurality of photodiodes includes a first photodiode having a first sensitivity and a second photodiode having a second sensitivity higher than the first sensitivity, and
a cathode of the first photodiode is directly connected to a transfer transistor and a pixel internal capacitance element.